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The spruce and other local conifers (I live by the Bohemian Forest/Bayerischer Wald) have pollen that seems to be low allergenic by design. I know a lot of peop
by efesak 5mo ago
The spruce and other local conifers (I live by the Bohemian Forest/Bayerischer Wald) have pollen that seems to be low allergenic by design. I know a lot of people who are allergic to birch or weed pollen, but not to spruce.
- sidewndr46 5mo agoBy design? Who designed the pollen in those trees?
- freehorse 5mo agoI read it as "breeds selected to be low-allergenic" by the relative orgs that I assume (re)planted them there but I have no real idea about german forests and the processes of planting trees there.
- indoordin0saur 5mo agoNo. Just some trees that produce pollen aren't particularly allergenic.
- noselasd 5mo agoSo by coincidence, not by design then.
- IrishTechie 5mo agoI guess they meant 'by nature', but maybe not, which will be fun to hear!
- Izkata 5mo agoI assume they meant the people who planted those "tree farms", that they chose trees people were less allergic to.
- SapporoChris 5mo agoDifferent pollen have different weights. If you're seeing yellow dust laying on the ground then it's likely to be a heavy pollen that won't bother many people unless they actively stir it up. Example: People with pine allergies aren't really bothered unless they play in the pine needles and stir it up. Not familiar with the biology of the matter. But I would assume there are advantages and disadvantages to the weight of the pollen in how it disperses and pollinates.